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Sign The Bowers Petition
As most of you know, we recently handed First Wind their first denial, ANYWHERE, EVER, when LURC refused to permit their Bowers Mountain project, near Grand Lake Stream. You may also know that the Legislature recently passed a law handing … Continue reading
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Tagged Augusta, Bower's Mountain, Bowers, DEP, Education, First Wind, Friends, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Jessica Damon, Legislature, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Mountains, Networking, Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed, Patricia Aho, Permit Application, Petition, PPDLW, Protest, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Truth, Update, Wind
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Wind Wise Radio–11-4-12
I will be joining Harley and Lisa on Wind Wise Radio, tomorrow, Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Jeff Aramini will be on the show talking about the just published Nissenbaum-Aramini-Hanning research tying turbines to health impacts. This … Continue reading
What The Hell Is Wrong With This Country?
Imagine that you are out on your property, and you are approached by three Police Officers, one of them armed with an assault rifle. They tell you that you are inconveniencing a large developer [who happens to give lots and lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged Annette Smith, Assault Rifle, Battle, Dan FitzGerald, Education, Elizabeth Cooper, Freedom, Friends, Georgia Mountain, Georgia Mountain Wind, GMCW, Governor Shumlin, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Jane FitzGerald, Legislature, Maine, Melodie Mclaine, Milton Police Department, Mountains, Networking, Permit Application, Police, Property Rights, Protest, Public Comment, Restraining Order, Right, Rights, Senator Bernie Sanders, Truth, Update, USA, USSR, VCE, Vermont, Vermont Agency Of Natural Resources, Vermont Public Service Board, Vermonters For A Clean Environment, Wind
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My Passadumkeag Comments
I sent the letter below to the DEP, on Company letterhead. If you have not yet commented on this project, please take a few minutes and do it before 5 P.M. today. Tell DEP that this project will have an … Continue reading
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Tagged Augusta, DEP, DEP Commissioner, Education, First Wind, Friends, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Jim Beyer, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Mountains, Networking, Passadumkeag, Passadumkeag Mountain, Patricia Aho, Permit Application, Protest, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Truth, Update, Wind
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Passadumkeag–One Day Left
The time is now to get your comments in to the MDEP on the Passadumkeag Project. They have set tomorrow, July 27, as the deadline for public comments. Even if you were able to speak at the public meeting [many … Continue reading
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Tagged DEP, Education, Friends, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Mountains, Networking, Passadumkeag, Passadumkeag Mountain, Permit Application, Protest, Public Comment, Truth, Update, Wind
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Iberdrola—“It’s All About Us”
Kelly Rioux and Neil Habig came to my place today. Kelly is the Project Manager for the ‘Fletcher Mountain Project,’ which plans to develop most of the ridge lines in Lexington and Concord, including the one that looms over my … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Answers, Atlantic Wind, Bingham, Community, Community Meeting, Concord, County Commissioners, DEP, Education, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Good Neighbor, Greed, Highland Wind LLC, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Kelly Rioux, Lexington, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Mountains, Neighbors, Neil Habig, Networking, Permit Application, Plum Creek, Production Tax Credit, Protest, PTC, Public Comment, Qatar, Questions, Responsibility, Rights, Somerset County, Somerset County Commissioners, Spain, Tax Payer, Tax Payer Money, TIF, Truth, United Arab Emirates, Update, Wind
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MY PARADISE
My Mother was born in West Virginia, as was her Father before her. At one time, my Grandfather helped the coal miners in their attempts to organize for their own protection and well being against the large coal companies. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Appalachia, Atlantic Wind, Bingham, Coal, Coal Miners, Coal Mining, Concord, Crane, Education, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Governor, Governor John Baldacci, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, John Prine, Kennebec River, Legislation, Lexington, Mahoney Hill, Maine, Mayfield, Mountains, Networking, Paradise, Poem, Poetry, Protest, Public Comment, Somerset County, Song, Southern Appalachia, Truth, Update, West Virginia, Western Maine, Wind, Wyman Dam
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Greed, Arrogance, And Iberdrola
I’ve spent most of the last twenty years living, working, walking, and sometimes crawling, all over Fletcher Mountain and the surrounding area—in the Sun, the rain, the snow—during daylight and dark. And before I lived here, I still explored the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Tax Payer, Animals, Arrogance, Atlantic Wind, Clear Cut, Concord, DEP, Destruction, Education, Fletcher Mountain, Fletcher Mountain Project, Friends, Greed, Habitat, Hardwood, Hinkley Buck, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Kelly Rioux, Lexington, Lies, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Met Towers, Mountains, Neil Habig, Networking, Permit Application, Photos, Plum Creek, Political Power, Project Manager, Public Comment, Qatar, S.D. Warren, Somerset County, Spain, Sustainable Forestry, Sustainable Forestry Practices, Tax Payer Money, Timber Harvesting, Truth, United Arab Emirates, Update, Wind, Wolverton Mountain
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Important Meeting In Bingham
Most everyone in Maine has heard about the proposed “East/West Highway Corridor.” The idea has been around a for a long time, but has been revived in recent years by Peter Vigue. Vigue is the man who runs Cianbro Corporation, … Continue reading →